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CORDOG

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gluing inserts together
« on: March 07, 2006, 11:41:16 AM »
has anyone tried drilling out a bridge and gluing the inserts together?
what kind of results did you get? would this void the warranty on a ball?
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Long Roller

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Re: gluing inserts together
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2006, 07:42:13 PM »
why would you want to do that?
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CORDOG

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Re: gluing inserts together
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2006, 07:47:32 PM »
i dunno i read it in a post in this forum and it just made me wonder, hmm, i wonder how that would feel?
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J_Mac

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Re: gluing inserts together
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2006, 07:50:03 PM »
I know a lady that used to do this before lady inserts were released because she didn't like a wide bridge.  What she found back in the day was without the full pilot hole surrounding the insert they will shift too much to stay in place very long.  

Any bridge narrower than usually 1/4" voids the warranty on a bowling ball.
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CORDOG

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Re: gluing inserts together
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2006, 07:52:03 PM »
so just drilling down like 3/4 - 1 inch probably with the same size bit?
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J_Mac

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Re: gluing inserts together
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2006, 07:55:39 PM »
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so just drilling down like 3/4 - 1 inch probably with the same size bit?
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Elaborate please...  even though your idea will likely still void the warranty.
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CORDOG

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Re: gluing inserts together
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2006, 08:01:41 PM »
J_Mac,
I wasnt really concerned about voiding the warranty, I was just curious.
As far as that ball you were speaking of, were the holes drilled close enough that they were touching or were they just drilled a bit closer than normal and the bridge just drilled out drilled out?
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Sawuser

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Re: gluing inserts together
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2006, 08:09:37 PM »
CORDOG, I am not concerned about the warranty either, but I am concerned about the little tips cracking or breaking. Here is a reply from another post by Deadbait:
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To answer your first question.....It has been accepted for years that spread fingers can tend to make fingers work independent of one another. I have drilled a lot of balls with no bridge. No biggie... The idea of 1/4 bridge was to keep bridge from breaking. Then along came finger inserts, now we have 1/2" bridges. Drill your ball with no bridge. If you use inserts, drill to let them touch and super glue them all the way down for a bridge. If you will watch closer, you will see a lot of the guys on TV with the finger inserts touching.
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CORDOG

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Re: gluing inserts together
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2006, 08:12:00 PM »
what would be the advantages of a ball with no bridge?
Im probably gonna try this, Im just wondering what to expect.
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DukeHarding

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Re: gluing inserts together
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2006, 10:18:35 PM »
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I would glue the grips together if I used grips but I don't. Kind of off topic but has anyone that doesn't use grips tried using a slot for finger holes. What I mean by this is instead of drilling a seperate hole for the ring and middle fingers, just drill a a single hole (slot) for both fingers? I was just curious how this would work if any advantage or disadvantage? Just a thought.

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Back in the 70s I tried a slotted grip. I found one on a house rack, which didn't fit my hand...I had a ball drilled slotted. I came around the ball much more, like bowling with an old 2-fingered ball.

I used a 1/2-inch bridge ffrom the late 70s til the present....kept my hand under the ball more. I used to use 1" palm lateral on my ring finger. It was very comfortable and worked for my hand and game. I use 1/4 palm in my ringer finger now, as I lost lost flexibility in my joints.
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